Dr David Vauzour

Biography

I am an Associate Professor in Molecular Nutrition at Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia. My research explores how diet and the gut microbiome interact to shape brain ageing. My group investigates how gut-derived microbial metabolites influence healthy ageing and Alzheimer’s disease, develops nutritional strategies, including (poly)phenol-rich foods, to delay cognitive decline through the gut-brain axis, and examines how the APOE4 genotype alters these host-microbe interactions. We combine experimental models with human dietary intervention studies, and recently showed that circulating dietary and gut-derived metabolites can predict early cognitive decline.

After a PhD at the University of Montpellier (2004), I held MRC- and BBSRC-funded fellowships at the University of Reading before joining UEA in 2011. I have published around 160 research outputs (over 10,000 citations) and serve as Associate Editor for RSC Food & Function, Nature Scientific Reports (Neuroscience) and Helyon. I sit on ILSI Europe’s Scientific Advisory Committee and partner with industry to translate our findings into practice.